![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Oy Mendele! Noy 29 2005: The Tribe, Wal-Mart - Eric Fixler In this episode, Tiffany Shlain, the director of the film The Tribe joins us, along with co-writer Ken Goldberg, to discuss their film, which is dubbed 'an unorthodox, unauthorized history of the Jewish people and the Barbie doll...in about 15 minutes.' Abby Levine of Progressive Jewish Alliance talks about Wal-Mart and efforts to stop the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, currently scheduled for December 13... Keywords: jewish; hebrew; shlain; goldberg; levine; klezmer Downloads: 2,128 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Chanukah 2003 -- Mitchell Plitnick, Michael Lerner - Eric Fixler Technically, this show is an Amandla, not an Oy Mendele, but was essentially the pilot for the latter. Features: Rabbi Michael Lerner of Beyt Tikkun (and Tikkun Magazine) telling the story of Chanukah Mitchell Plitnick of Jewish Voice for Peace, discussing his organization's efforts to assist reconciliation in Israel/Palestine Chanukah music from the Hebrew University Jewish Music Archi Keywords: chanukah; jewish; plitnick; lerner; palestine; tikkun; israel Downloads: 443 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Oy Mendele! July 22, 2005: Rock and Roll - Eric Fixler Our current episode features an interview with filmmaker Liz Nord, whose documentary 'Jericho's Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land' screen in SF and Berkeley in next couple of weeks with the SF Jewish Film Festival. You'll also hear from the Israeli punk bands Lucy's Pussy and Nikmat Olalim (Babie's Revenge). You can get to the screening info from the Oy Mendele! site: http://www.jewishmediaconspiracy.com The second half of our show turns to the psychedelic Israeli music of Danny Ben-Israel, in bo... Keywords: jewish; israel; punk; psychedelic; hebrew Downloads: 400 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Oy Mendele! July 22, 2005: Rock and Roll - Eric Fixler Our current episode features an interview with filmmaker Liz Nord, whose documentary 'Jericho's Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land' screen in SF and Berkeley in next couple of weeks with the SF Jewish Film Festival. You'll also hear from the Israeli punk bands Lucy's Pussy and Nikmat Olalim (Babie's Revenge). You can get to the screening info from the Oy Mendele! site: http://www.jewishmediaconspiracy.com The second half of our show turns to the psychedelic Israeli music of Danny Ben-Israel, in bo... Keywords: jewish; hebrew; punk; psychedelic; jericho; liz nord; danny ben-israel Downloads: 2,388 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Oy Mendele! Sep 20 2005 -- Socalled, Bruno Schulz - Eric Fixler This episode features: The funky (really!) Jewish hip-hop beats of Socalled: interview + music with Socalled and a tour through the work of some of his favorite Jewish musicians, including Aaron Lebedeff, Irving Fields, and Mickey Katz. Zac Jaffee reviews Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, the new record by Cracow Klezmer Band that pays tribute to Bruno Schulz. Benjamin Paloff on the transcendent art, tragic life, and unsettled legacy of Bruno Schulz. Keywords: jewish; socalled; hiphop; hip hop; klezmer; bruno; schulz; paloff; lebedeff; mickey katz; irving fields Downloads: 275 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Sep 20, 2005: Socalled, Bruno Schulz, Cracow Klezmer - Eric Fixler Finally. This episode features: The funky (really!) Jewish hip-hop beats of Socalled: interview + music with Socalled and a tour through the work of some of his favorite Jewish musicians, including Aaron Lebedeff, Irving Fields, and Mickey Katz.Zac Jaffee reviews Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, the new record by Cracow Klezmer Band that pays tribute to Bruno Schulz.Benjamin Paloff on the transcendent art, tragic life, and unsettled legacy of Bruno Schulz.Enjoy! Keywords: jewish; hip hop; socalled; bruno schulz; klezmer; cracow Downloads: 1,036 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Music of the Klezmer Wedding - Eric Fixler and Craig Harwood This is the Oy Mendele! episode from December 2004, when we were still on KALX. It features music historian Craig Harwood and myself walking through the sequence of a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding, with music of then and now. It's worth listening to just to hear Craig say 'groovin' Keywords: klezmer; wedding; jewish; yiddish; socalled Downloads: 2,207 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | SarahHope Smith, The Passion - Eric Fixler/Rebekah Kouy-Ghadosh Wondering why we're covering Biodiesel on this show? Well, listen to SarahHope Smith describe what her Jewishness had to do with starting BioFuelOasis, a filling station for people whose cars can run on vegetable oil, IOW, diesel owners. The [in]famous movie The Passion of the Christ was also the subject of haymaking this month, and we spoke to some theatergoers who had just watched Mel Gibson's flick... Keywords: jewish; biodiesel; passion; christ; SarahHope Smith Downloads: 536 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | Tammuz/July: Matisyahu, Ofer Cohen - Eric Fixler/Rebekah Kouy-Ghadosh That's not matzoh balls Hasidic reggae musician Matisyahu in conversation with Eric Fixler about reggae music, becoming a chasid, and more. Featuring music from the upcoming record and some very special freestylin'. Israeli refusenik Ofer Cohen discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and his own actions in response to it with Rebekah Kouy-Ghadosh and Michelle Davis. Plus news, the Fast of Tammuz, and that haymishe feeling... Keywords: jewish; matisyahu; hasidic; reggae; refusenik; ofer cohen; IDF Downloads: 2,383 Average rating: (0 review) |
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